Who has the best scream in metal?
 

Ok guys, the title is pretty self explanatory IMO it would be out of Corey Taylor and Max Calvera, but having said that Max has an awesome scream, but Corey can sing softly as well... Hmm pretty hard competition.

Post your favourites!

Probably the vocalists in Wormphlegm. They have the most torturous screaming ever.

Apart from that, Chuck Schuldiner (Death) has the best scream in my books. You just have to listen to their cover of Painkiller to see that.

Devin Townsend (SYL) and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) also worth a mention. I'll probably add some more in later. Maybe I should make a thread for the best growl in metal...

Ian Gillan

Gillan is hands down one of the greatest vocalists ever IMO.

Also Chad Grey has an awesome scream

Malefic, wrest, varg virkennes

yeah, he is very good. In fact, I'm listening to some Purple at the moment.

Tyler from Mare.. if you havent heard them, check them out.. sick scream, beautiful singing.

coming up second would be Alan Dubin from Khanate.

Jens Kidman, Phil Anselmo, Layne Staley, Maynard James Keenan.

Lenzig from Cephalic Carnage

best. range. ever.

Devin Townsend

I think he's amazing.

Rob Halford

Dunno what his voice is like now though

I don't like it when screaming is over-used in Metal, so I can't really comment in this thread. Although Phillip Anselmo's good.

If it's even considered a loose form of metal, David Draiman has a pretty good scream.

Devin Townsend FTW

Max Cavalera from Soulfly
So good

Mikael Akerfeldt, I think I spelled that right I can't be arse to look it up.

Devin Townsend

I mentioned Calvera because I love his voice:) And Dramien's voice is and always has been awesome

The reason I started this thread is because Soulfly did a song with Corey from Slipknot called Jumpda****up and it was one absolutely awesome song, and they went together perfectly:)

he's still good after all these years!

I have to agree with Urban on Rob Halford. Runner up goes to Dani of Cradle of Filth

:laughing:

BTBAM ftw.

1. Maynard James Keenan
2. Corey Taylor
3. Phil Anselmo
4. Layne Staley

Pretty much what stone magnent said.

None of those guys are in Metal bands though

Maynard James Keenan = Progressive Metal
Corey Taylor = Nu-Metal
Phil Anselmo = Thrash/Stoner Metal
Layne Staley = Alternative Metal

:-\

Maynard James Keenan = Tool = maybe. A few songs are so-so. On the whole calling them anything other than alt. rock is misleading

Corey Taylor = Slipknot = Nu-"metal" isn't metal

Phile Anselmo = Pantera = again arguable. Thrash at times, southern groove rock other times.

Layne Staley = Alice In Chains = the only Grunge band worth a damn. Not metal.


so my statement is true enough.

Thanks for clearing that up, Stone Magnent.
Alot of people are forgetting the way metal used to be, and seldom thought of now, thanks to having to jump on the "death/black metal" train. There are only a few bands in that genre that I would consider good. My opinion of most metal now adays.

Garbage.

I like all kinds. I even like some Alice In Chains.

but calling something Metal cause it sounds "heavy" or different than radio rock is misleading and wrong.

by the by, Bruce Dickinson is one of my favorite vocalist of all time.

Power Metal vocals > all

No, it isn't. You can't listen to Ænima/Lateralus/10,000 Days and not call them a progressive metal band.

Whether or not you like it, yes it is.

You're a complete idiot if you don't think Pantera was a thrash metal band. Sorry, but come on...

"Grunge" is hardly an actual genre. It was a label slapped on any rock/metal band that came out of Seattle at the time. The 'Big 4' Grunge bands sound nothing alike. Alice In Chains were a metal band. You don't have to sound like Cannibal Corpse to be a metal band. It's one of the more diverse genres out there.

This isn't completely relevant but just something that I've thought for a long time. In my mind there is grunge-punk and grunge-metal. Grunge punk would be Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Melvins, stuff like that. Grunge metal would be Soundgarden, AIC, Pearl Jam and stuff like that.

1. I listened to all of Lateralus. Besides hating myself for doing so, I found no major similarities. It's like calling Pink Floyd a metal band for doing something different than their peers that had a "bass heavy" sound

2. No, it's not. It's a misapplied term. Nu-Metal is completely grounded in hip-hop. It's missing all the major metal components.

3. I'm biased, so I hesitate to give them the label. Older stuff yes. Later stuff no.

4. You must have missed the post where I said that metal isn't just DM and BM. I understand it's very diverse. But calling AIC a metal band is simply streching it too far. And grunge (in my mind) applied more to the mindset of the bands than their actual music much of the time. The rebelling against what was the dominate music pattern of the time, the lyrics dealing with personal loss and problems, and the riff oriented heavily distorted guitar all ran very similar. I'm not a big Grunge fan, but from my experiances with it and the more popular bands i hear very diffinitive similarities.

I think Devin Townsend wins. Why? Because he's THAT fucking awesome and seeing him with Strapping Young Lad at ozzfest was a highlight.

Obviously not.

What are these "major metal components"?

http://www.musicbanter.com/showthread.php?t=12511

I break it down real simple for you

And I know there are some errors. I'm working on verison 2 currently.

That proves that Tool is a progressive metal band.

All post-'Power Metal' Pantera = Thrash metal. Sometimes they're labelled as "Groove Metal", which also makes sense.

It is a metal subgenre. Whether or not you like it, it is. Why do you think it's called "Nu-metal"? The vocals are sometimes influenced by hip-hop/rap, that's about it.

You failed to mention anything about Alternative Metal.

As I said version 2 is on the way, it'll included, Alt, Tech, and Grind.

And Tool is progressive...ish.

and you're saying what i said about Pantera lol

it's called Nu-Metal cause some idiot attached the label. Everyone who liked ICP back in the day latched on.

Jens Kidman
haha i hate Bruce ****inson *feels alone*

High musicianship, complex music, epic songs, concept albums. According to you, they're the prototypical progressive metal band.

They were never "Southern Groove Rock".

It's called Nu-Metal because it's a subgenre of metal. Try to see past the bigotry.

1. All those things you mentioned are still subjective. Think it if you want. You're not wrong. But I'm not either.

2. hmmm, Thrash and Groove with a Southern flair to it...wow...should we include such a vital part of their sound in the style...

3. What race am I hating on? And Nu-Alternative is a much more appropriate title for "Nu-Metal"

If there's a way I could possibly mention something objective, let me know.

Groovy Thrash Metal? We'll settle on that. :-\

None - you don't have to be jeering a race to be a bigot.